House of Slaves
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The House of Slaves is a historic museum and former slave-holding facility on Gorée Island in Senegal, memorializing the Atlantic slave trade and its human toll.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House of Slaves canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic building
ⓘ
memorial ⓘ museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | colonial architecture ⓘ |
| builtFor | slave trade ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Senegal ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | victims of the Atlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| function |
memorial site
ⓘ
museum of the slave trade ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Door of No Return
ⓘ
cellars ⓘ courtyard ⓘ slave quarters ⓘ upper-floor living quarters ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 1978 ⓘ |
| inception | late 18th century ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Wolof ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Dakar Region ⓘ Gorée Island ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Dakar ⓘ |
| notableVisitor |
Barack Obama
ⓘ
Nelson Mandela ⓘ Pope John Paul II ⓘ |
| openingDateAsMuseum | 1962 ⓘ |
| operator | Government of Senegal ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gorée Island
ⓘ
surface form:
Island of Gorée World Heritage Site
|
| preserves | memory of enslaved Africans ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Atlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| theme |
colonial history
ⓘ
human rights ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| UNESCOCriteria | cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCORegion | Africa ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commemorative ceremonies
ⓘ
educational visits ⓘ heritage tourism ⓘ |
| visitorFrequency | high ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.